Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday said that losses of more than Rs 2900 crore were occurred to public and private property due to excessive and heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh during current monsoon, which was still continuing.
Presiding over the State disaster management authority meeting here, Singh said that because of early onset of monsoon this year, heavy rainfall was experienced rom June 15 to June 17, which was 576 to 1358 per cent above normal as per Indian Metrological Department (IMD) data.
Kinnaur district suffered maximum damage which received 193.5 mm rains on June 17, against normal 0.7 mm for the day coupled with heavy snowfall in upper reaches. He said that a memorandum of losses of Rs 1972 crore had been presented to the Government of India.
And a Central Team also visited the state to assess the damages. Recently, a team of 14th Finance Commission team also visited Kinnaur district.
The Chief Minister said that 43 humans lost their life. 24, 145 livestock had been reported dead with a loss of Rs 5.51 crore. loss of over Rs 200 crores occurred due to damage of 5092 houses/cowsheds/labour sheds. He added that Union Home Minister had agreed to provide NDRF, with full central funding. He asked the revenue authorities to locate appropriate land for setting up NDRF in the state.